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Overland Trails To The West
Don Dunham
Junction Elementary
Palo Cedro, CA
Overland Trails To The West
• My name is Don Dunham and I am a Fifth Grade teacher
at Junction Elementary.
• My web site is http://ctap295.ctaponline.org/~ddunham
• You may e-mail me at [email protected]
• This is a Fifth grade History/Social Science lesson
(Standard 5.8) on settlers on the overland trails to the west
in the mid-1800’s.
• The students will research the trails west. They will create
a 4 day journal and a map on one of the trails west.
Expectations
• To develop a web page.
• To increase my own computer skills.
• To learn a new way to develop student
lessons.
Actual Learning Skills
• Learned to create a standard based lesson.
• Learned to create a web site.
• Learned to use power point in a
presentation.
• Learned to develop web links.
• Learned to use Leech to upload information.
• Learned to use the internet as a resource.
Successes
• Creating a map that students are able to use
to travel the trails
• Students enjoyed using the web site
• Students liked using the links
• Allowed students to work independently or
with a partner
Successes continued
• Students were able to access the
information correctly from the map
• Students enjoyed traveling on the map and
reading about the early formations of the
trails
• Students formed wagon trains to discuss
what they learned on the same trail
Shortcomings
• Limited computers available
• One of the links would lock up on the
Oregon Trail
• Students had difficulty keeping track of
information
• Students had trouble completing their
journals because they did not keep accurate
information from the research
Student Data
• I administered a pre-test and post-test. The
students were also required to complete a map and
a final project journal that was evaluated using the
scoring rubric.
• Students demonstrated improvement, but not to
the extent I had anticipated.
Student Data
Pre-test/Post-test scores
15
10
5
Student number
28
25
22
19
16
13
10
7
4
0
1
Score (10
possible)
Overland Trails West
Student Data
Map and Project Journal Scores
15
10
5
Student number
28
25
22
19
16
13
10
7
4
0
1
Score (10
possible)
Overland Trails West
Reflections and Revisions
• Students did not have
enough background
information to help in
writing journals.
• Students had difficulty
keeping track of the
information on each
trail.
• Students need to read
the text book pages
448-452,447-487
before going on to the
research.
• Students needed to
have a recording sheet
for each of the trails to
keep notes.
Reflections and Revisions
• Students had difficulty
completing the K-W-L
chart.
• Students were unfamiliar
with the map and the
places on the map.
• Students had difficulty
drawing their trail on to a
map.
• Students needed to study
the trails map before
starting their travels.
• Students needed to
revisit the K-W-L- chart
at the conclusion of each
travel day to write their
reflections.
• Students needed a map
that looks like the web
page map and they
needed more time (1
hour) to use the web
Summary
• The technology helped my students to learn best through
their own exploration. The culminating activity offered the
students different ways to show what they had learned and
to do it in a learning style that was best for them. Being
able to use the map and links to information gave the
students opportunities to be choose what they wanted to
learn most about. Their projects did show a clear
proficiency with the standard of this project. Not all
students gave their best effort in all areas of the project but
they did master knowledge of the the trails west.
Concluding Statements
• Students enjoyed the
process of learning
with the web page.
• Students were able to
choose working
individually or in pairs
to complete their
journals and maps.
Final Look
• These students show their completed work for
each of the assessment areas. Final project, trail
map, and post-test.